Ecclesiastes 8:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ All this have I seen while applying my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his own hurt or to the other man's.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

Common English Bible

⁹ I observed all of this as I paid attention to all that happens under the sun. Sometimes people exercise power over each other to their detriment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

Ecclesiastes 8:9 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 25:7

Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.

Exodus 14:28

And the waters were returned, and they covered the chariots and horsemen of the entire army of Pharaoh, who, in following, had entered into the sea. And not so much as one of them was left alive.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see false accusations against the indigent, and violent judgments, and subverted justice in the government, do not be surprised over this situation. For those in high places have others who are higher, and there are still others, more eminent, over these.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her?

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For, like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of the foolish. But this, too, is emptiness.

Deuteronomy 2:30

And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, was not willing to grant passage to us. For the Lord your God had hardened his spirit, and had fastened his heart, so that he would be delivered into your hands, just as you now see.